Large-scale checks held in 20 regions over draft evasion
Law enforcement officers conducted a large-scale special operation, during which they documented dozens of cases of forging documents to evade mobilization. As a result of the investigative actions, suspicions were declared against 110 servicemen and civilians in various regions of Ukraine.
As reported by the National Police, investigators during a special operation uncovered schemes using fake medical certificates and documents claiming the need to care for people with disabilities. It was on the basis of such documents that men of draft age received deferments from mobilization or terminated military service early.
In total, police officers conducted 128 searches at the places of residence of the suspects in the Vinnytsia, Volyn, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zhytomyr, Zakarpattia, Zaporizhia, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kirovohrad, Lviv, Mykolaiv, Odessa, Poltava, Rivne, Sumy, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Chernihiv regions and in Kyiv.
During the inspections, it was revealed that in some cases, the people the defendants allegedly cared for did not have a recognized disability or did not require constant supervision. In other episodes, the medical certificates contained false information.
Law enforcement officers also recorded cases of illegal termination of military service with subsequent receipt of state benefits. In particular, one of the defendants, after fictitious discharge from the Armed Forces of Ukraine, registered guardianship over a relative in order to avoid re-mobilization, although there were no real grounds for this.
The suspects' actions are classified under a number of articles of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, including illegal smuggling of persons across the border, evasion of conscription and military service, forgery of documents, and fraud.
Those involved could face up to ten years in prison. The National Police stressed that Operation Guardian is a long-term and ongoing operation. Law enforcement officers continue to collect evidence and take measures to cancel illegally obtained deferrals.
We will remind, in Chernihiv region, an official of the TCP was detained for influencing the decision of the MMC.
